(Closed) What's with all the hate on artificial flowers?

My Fiance has terrible allergies so we have to use artificial flowers at our wedding. Anytime we mention not using real flowers people frown up and act like it’s the end of the world until I explain the allergies thing. My grandmother nearly fainted when I told her we weren’t having real flowers. I’ll admit it’s a plus that I won’t be spending nearly $1,000 for flowers that will die in a few days. What is the big deal with artificial flowers? Anyone else using artificial over real?

I am using artificial flowers!!! the cost is way to crazy to do real ones! We wanted something more cost friendly and more DIY so we didnt have to get another vendor in. We are super happy with our decision, and we get to resell to recover costs. How isnt that amazing. We do have a few people that are scent allergic so that helped jsutify our action cause we did have a few frowners, but we are paying so frown away!

@Princessbubblegum: hi! we are on a tight budget, and my mother’s hobby just so happens to be doing silk floral arrangements!

my bouquets/bouts are dried lavender…which i was able to have custom-made on etsy (for a 20 person bridal party) for $300.

my centerpieces will be birdcages with silk florals inside arranged by my mom! i honestly don’t care what anyone thinks. its saving me a ton of money, and i am going to give them away to anyone who wants them afterwards since there will be 18!

…although i have had some people turn up their noses. they’re just being judgy 😉

Real flowers look beautiful, but I love love love a paper flower. I am not all that impressed with faux flowers at say a Michael’s. Pier 1 has some gigantic faux cloth flowers I really like. And some of the crepe paper flowers I have seen are gorgeous.

Absolutely depends on the quality. I got mine off of silkflowerfactory.com> And costs were way better than any store I looked at in Alberta, Canada. And done right, you can hide the fact they are fake. We are adding some babys breath to help that feel of real.

Oh, I suppose that everyone is thinking of the super fake looking flowers. I was planning on doing the real touch flowers for centerpieces and just some of the hobby lobby flowers for arrangements that no one would really pay much attention. It kills me because I’m a botanist and can’t use any flowers out of my garden! D: The irony of a botanist marrying a guy allergic to flowers :/

We had ours done professionally by a lady who specializes in silk flower arrangements – came to about $300 total for everything. We chose to go this route because we didn’t want to spend the money for real ones, neither of us care much about flowers as it is, and they would probably wilt in the Florida heat anyway.

I knew from the get-go that people would be snobby about it, so I’ve only mentioned it to my bridesmaids and mom…no one else needs to know. I’ll be really curious the day of to see if anyone notices haha!

My flowers are articificial as well. For me, they were an insignificant detail. I am on a budget, and so I would rather have all those I love at our wedding rather than slash the guest list and have flowers that are going to die in a few days. Even if they look fake, I feel as though they don’t make or break the day!

@Princessbubblegum: yes i really like them. I had previously ordered from efavormart.com and the quality was crap and not appealing. These ones were actually soft to touch unlike the plastic efavormart ones…. and we havent even added in babysbreath as a filler and they look fantastic bunched. ANd i am very very picky. I bought the ivory silk chrysanthemums. Paid just over $200, and i have enought to dress 30 tables, 3 bunches each center peice. The order sizes are great too… for $200 i got 112 bunchs 🙂

@Princessbubblegum: I think most peoples’ reactions stem from the idea of “traditions”, it’s like getting a moissanite or wearing a blush dress. However, I looked into silk flowers and it was actually more expensive than doing fresh flowers (DIY, total $320). I think you just have to use what works for you.